"The Christian AIDS Network has been using the Strategies for Hope video, What can I do?, with churches in Mozambique. It has helped to remove lots of taboos. The material can be easily understood because it’s from sub-Saharan Africa. People understand the relation between the messages and their lives."

The Orphan Generation

Community- based care and support for children orphaned by AIDS

Millions of children worldwide have lost one or both parents through AIDS. Most of these orphans will be in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda is one of many African countries where a generation of ‘AIDS orphans’ is growing up without parental guidance or support, and faced with a legacy of hunger, poverty and grief.

The Orphan Generation (40 minutes) — focuses on the struggles of one Ugandan village to cope with the deepening orphan crisis. Local development and social workers explain how the needs of these children can be met - and their rights protected - by support for community-based organisations rather than institutional care.

Below you can view the full video:

Produced by Small World Productions for Strategies for Hope.

DVD: duration 40 minutes. Produced 1992; available in English, French and Swahili.

Practical, action-oriented booklets and mini-manuals on issues related to HIV/AIDS, designed for use by church leaders, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. For information on how to run training workshops using these manuals, please see the Called to Care Users' Guide which can be found in the Documents section under About Us on this website.